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A Proposed Railroad.

The Sacramento Valley and Humboldt
Bay Railroad Company, according to its
articles of incorporation, on file In the
County Clerks office, is formed to build a
railroad-standard or narrow gauge, or
both combined by means of third rail,
single or double track-trom point On the
California and Oregon road between Teha-
ma and Red Bluff, running west ten miles
TO the Forks of Oat creek, thence in n south
erly direction to Paskenta, on Thomes
creek, a distance Of twenty miles, with an
other line from the Forks of Oat creek run
ming in a northwesterly direction through
Tehama, Trinity and Humboldt counties to
a convenient point on Humboldt Bay. The
estimated distance of both lines is 80
miles. The principal place of business of
the corporation is Sau Francisco. The
term OF IFS existence is fifty years. The
Directors are G. +. krutmtier, I. NJ. Linde-
man, H. b. Keesing and Isaac Strassburger,
of San Francisco, and j. S. Burls, OF Lon
don The capital stock is S3,00OO00, in
10000 shares of 500 each. The sub
scribers are: Krutzmejer, 300 shares !;
Linderman, Keesing, Strassburger and
Burls, 100 shares each; }. w. Trlpp, SUI
shares; or 1,500 shares-$l5o,00 900 in all.
OF this amount, 10 per cent; ($l5,000) is
paid in.
The road has been surveyed from Pas
kenta to Proberta. Land owners along the
route are asked to give the right of way and
fifty or seventy-five cents per acre OF their
land, and it is understood that most OF
them, if not all, will do this. The PROPOSE
ton now is to have the road begin at Red
Bluff instead of at Proberta, and to give the
company $25, 900 as an inducement to this
end, besides land for terminal purposes.
Such men as Mr.. Gallatin, Gen. Cadwalader
and Gen. Chipman strongly advise this
course If the company Is responsible one,
representing capital, and intends to go
on with the construction of the road, there
can be no doubt that Red Bluff should seek
to become its initial point Mr.. Gallatin
and Mr.. Kraft have offered to contribute
81 600 each toward the bonus asked, and
doubtless other large landowners, whose
property would be increased in value by
the development of the town and country,
would do likewise. Probably not more
than IS, 600 to $4,000 could be raised in
this way, however. Therefore the PROPOSE
ton has been made to issue bonds for the
whole $25, 900 or the residue of $4,000, to
run twenty years.-Red BtuG' Netcs, January
9th
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The Worst Blaze That Ever Visited the
Town of Anderson.

The Worst Blaze That Ever Visited the
Town of Anderson.
ANDERSON, January 2Sth.-A fire broke
out about O'Clock this morning in the
Beecher block from defective tiue be-
tween the Palace saloon and Terrell's bar
ber shop. In few minutes il spread over
the entire block, crossed the street, set fire
to the railroad depot and Beecher Il Cram
Beecher & Crambaugh's loss on store and
warehouse is S25,000; insurance, $4,000,
in the Flreman's Fund. Dales Anderson
Hotel, loss $4,000, insurance $4,000; Far
rails barber shop, loss $3.50, insurance
$3.50, insured in North British and Mer-
camille J. P. Wright's twostory building,
loss 81 600, insurance 81 ,000 in North Brit
ish and Mercantile Smith IL Silvey, sa-
loon, fixtures and stock, loss 81, 200, insur-
ance 5000, in Connecticut Mutual j. h.
Sturges, stock of hardware, $4,000, no in
surance Cole q Vannallen, saloon fixtures
and stock, loss 81 900, insured in Fireman's
Fund for $3.50 and in Amazon for $500 !;
Mrs Fay Union Hotel, loss $1,000, insur-
ance 81 200 depot and freight, $4,000; r.
S. Roycroft, drug store 81 500, insured in
London and Liverpool. The other losses
are not fully ascertained.
All the buildings were of wood. There
was not $50 worth of stock saved. 1t was
much as those who slept in the block could
do to escape with their lives, the fire being
under such fearful headwav before it was
discovered.
The total loss will approximate $4,000.
The total insurance is about $4,000.
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Citrus Boom.

Gridley is beginning to feel the effects
of the citrus boom dawning in Northern
California A. w. Campbell is preparing
to set out from SEQ 10 !. COO orange trees !;
D. NJ. Mack has made preparations for
planting six or eight hundred; c. J.
Welsh has secured several hundred year
ling seedlings, and will set them out with
the view of selling them a year hence.
We hear of many others, including q
number of prominent ranchers, who are
contemplating like Improvements. Our
advice to owners of river bottom lands is
to set out orange, lemon or lime trees.
'Dobe ranchers, we believe would do
better to set out olive or almond trees, or
vineyards Either will thrive on the
'dobe, and in few years pay big interest
on the capital invested. Raisin grapes
are the most profitable for this character of
soil, while the climate is especially adapted
for sun-drying. On the other hand, wine
grapes will pay best on river-bottom lands
because their yield depends more upon the
natural moisture of the soil. The olive oil
is the most profitable and the easiest to
produce. 1t is e harder tree, and yields
more proiiticaliy. OF this variety the Mis-
sion is the best If the planters of orange
groves intend raising fruit for market pur-
poses, they should contine themselves to
the navel variety, which always commands
the highest price. Our information on
these subjects is derived from standard au-
thorities. and can be depended upon as per-
fectly reliable Gridiey Herald.
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THE TRUNK MYSTERY.
The Evidence Against Unger Daily Grow
ing Stronger.

ing Stronger.
New YORK, January 2Sth.-Unger, the
man arrested on suspicion of being the
murderer of the man whose body was
shipped in trunk to Baltimore few days
ago, was to-day arraigned in the Tombs
Police Court charged with murder. He
exhibited a stoid indifference, and when
asked if he desired to make any statement,
simply sneered and turned his head away.
At the request of Inspector Byrnes, Unger
was remanded to the police headquarters.
The chief element OF mystery now clluglng
to the case is the fact that the head, with
out which identification will be difficult, IS
still missing Bohle the murdered man,
was born in one OF the eastern provinces OF
Prussia. He came to this country some
wears ago and Travelled to California and
Oregon, where he engaged in business
north of the Columbia river. Last July he
came East. lie then had draft for 81, 200
from some Oregon bank, which he ex-
changed for a German draft, as he was
going across the ocean TO settle up
some property in Germany. He was
away two months and returned in the fall /,
this time with Hamburg draft for Sl.20O
which he had exchanged, and went West
again, but returned almost Immediately,
He deposited 81 900 in a savings bank
here. Unger, the prisoner, stoutly lnslsts
that Bohle went to Chicago last week. He
met August Bohle last fall. Bohle replied
to an advertisement inserted by UDger for
a partner. He induced Bohle to come and
live with him. 1t is thought that all this
time Unger was maturing some scheme TO
get rid of Bohle and secure his money.
Arrangements were made tonight to
have the plumbing in the Ridge-street
house examined. a woman told the po-
lice that on Thursday or Friday night she
met Unger carrying pail of something
from his room to the sink in the hallway,
and that when he met her he turned his
head. This was something he had never
done before. 1t is though possible that the
pail may have contained the muhlated
head of the murdered man.
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FOREIGN PEDDLEIsS.
Senator Jones Opinion on Reducing the
Revenues.

WASHINGTON, January 2Sth. : Senator
Jones. of Nevada, is OF the opinion that
there will be an extra session of Congress.
He saws he has no information on which
to base this belief, except his personal con-
viction that the President viii not be in
sensible to the party benefits that an extra
session might confer. :" / am opposed to a
reduction of the Customs duties, said the
Senator, but there is demand on the
part of majority of the Democrats TO be
relieved from what they call war tax.
regard the tariff as q sort of license that
producers in foreign countries pay for the
privilege of selling their wares in this
country. They bear none of the
burdens of our Government, owe
il no allegiance, are not required to assist
in its defense in time of peril; and, dwell
ing in their sqIalid homes abroad, pay so
much duty for the privilege of selling the
product of their cheap labor to the people
of the United States. Mr.. Morrison thinks
they pay too much. l, for one of the Re-
publican party, do not think they pay
enough. The vast majority of Democrats
agree with Morrison and Carlisle. Cleve-
land has directed the attention of Congress
to the necessity for reduction of the sur
plus revenues. and the House has paid no
attention to his request. II he wishes to
convince the Country of his sincerity in this
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WAS Nor GoINe TO BE LEFT ANY MORE
:. | am a lawyers daughter. you know,
George, dear she said, after George had
proposed and been accepted, land you
would not think it strange if l were to ask
you to sign paper to the effect that we are
engaged, would your" George was too
happy to think anything strange just then,
and he signed the paper with trembling
hand and bursting heart. Then she laid
her ear against his middle vest button and
they were very happy. Tell me, darling"
George said. after long, delicious silence,
why did you want me to sign that paper?
Do you not impose implicit confidence in
my love for you ?n "Ah. yes p she sighed,
with infinite content, indeed, / do: but
dear George, I've been fooled so many
times. Independent.
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THERE'S NOTHING LIKE LEATHER.-The
day will come when the present mode Of
protecting the foot of the horse will be dis
covered to be a mistake. It's horny sub
stance was never intended to be pierced by
nails. No wonder so many horses fall
lame and are perpetually ruined. We
were recently shown horse shod in
leather. 1t struck us as an excellent idea
and worthy of adoption. We should not
be surprised to learn that leather shoes had
superseded shoes of iron. If, however, iron
be a necessity, lei it be nailed on the leather
shoe Now, shoemakers, please get up a
neat set, and show them to all your horsey
friends. Don't take no" for an answer !;
stick to them till you have overcome their
prejudices When you have succeeded,
apply to the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty 10 Animals for medal, and if
they decline to give you one, be content to
know that you have done more good than
the society in question with all its wealth.
Scottish Leather Trader.
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FORMATION OF FoG.-The experiments OF
Coulter end Mascart, extended by Aitkin,
have demonstrated that in perfectly moist
air no formation of fog is possible, however
much the temperature is lowered, so long
as the atmosphere is free from dust. and
that the more air, sufficiently moist, is
charged with such foreign particles, the
more intense the formation Of fog under q
sufficient lowering OF the temperature or
pressure Of the air. Let filtered and COM
pletely moist air in a glass ball have its
pressure diminished; then will only a few
particles Of fog reveal themselves To- the
most careful inspection, even under tne
powerful light of an electric lamp-par-
ticles of fog which, moreover. yield not the
slightest coiored image. Admit now into
the filtered aira few cubic miIlimeters of
ordinary house air, which always contains
numerous NOTES or particles of dust; then
will very fine, silvery, transparent fog at
once form itself, of such slight density that,
even in the case of considerable area of it,
the transparency of the atmosphere would
be but little affected. At the first moment
of its formation let reflected image of the
sun, or the reflected light of an electric
lamp, be viewed through it the image
will be seen surrounded by an intensely
luminous blue or greenish light.
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NATIONAL BANKs-The effect of the re-
dlction Of the public debt and the high
premium on bonds upon the volume of
national bank circulation is very fully
illustrated in the report of the Comptroller
of the Currency. The contraction in ma
tionai bank circulation during the year ex-
ceeds $50 000,0 ,000. The aggregate deposits
in the banks have increased from S522 000,-
600 in January, 1886. to Si,173, 100000 in
October, 1856. while loans and discounts
have risen from $500 100000 at the former
date to Si,443, 600 at the latter. The
specie held by the national banks in 1886
was $4,000, 600, in October, 1877, it was
only Ss.o00,o00, while in July, 1885, it was
s177 600, 600, and it is now sl56, 900, ,000.-
Financial Exchange.
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THE SALT Rock OF LouIsIASA.-The salt
deposit of Petit Anse. in southwestern
Louisiana, is one of the most remarkable
known. II is of pure crystal salt, covering
15o acres TO an unknown depth, having
been penetrated 140 feet. 1t is from one
to six feet below sea-level. and the earth
over it is from 10 to 1S3 feet thick. On the
salt. beneath the earth, have been found
remains of prehistoric animals and Indian
relics. Above the salt and the animal re-
mains. and of more recent deposition, are
strata of coal and sandstone.
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E. Condite, of New York city, for $3.50, 900.
1t is understood that the name of the cor
poration will be changed to the Denver
Terminal Company, and that it will become
part of the system of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific.
Important Railroad Conference.
New YORK, January 2Sth.-A meeting of
trunk line Presidents has been called to
discuss the interstate commerce bill and
other matters 1t will be held in this city
early in February. Much importance is
attached to the meeting, as it will probably
determine the course of the railroad COM
panies connected with the pool in case of
the bill becoming a law.
Auction Sale of Tea.
New YORK, January 2Sth.-The Com
mercidl Bulletin notices as an important
event in the wholesale tea trade the big
auction sale of $40 packages of Annoy
next Wednesday. Such of the trade as
have heavy stock on hand are naturally
disturbed by the announcement.
Jay Gould Makes Purchase.
LITTLE Rock (Ark. J, January 2sth.-The
sale of the Little Rock and Mississippi
River Railroad was made to-day to Jay
Gould, who paid 81, 100000 for it. The
sale previously made had been set aside
for noncompliance with the law.
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TELEGRAPH Difficulty.

New YORK, January 29th-A. M-The
French Cable Company, which withdrew
from the cable pool the 1st of the month,
has made formal demand on the Western
Union Telegraph Company for the posses
sion of its land lines between this city and
its cable terminus on Cape Cod. The de-
mand was not Immediately granted. d.
Green, Presid ent of the Western Union,
said yesterday that the lines in dispute are
in the possession of the cable pool, and
not of the Western Union, and in any
event he could take no action without con-
sulting the Board of Directors.
Discussing the Interstate Bill.
New York, January 29th-A. M.-TheTe
has been meeting of the counsel and ex-
ecutive officers of the New York Central
and its allied Western railroads, at the
Grand Central station, for the purpose of
consultation upon the interstate COM
merce bill and about the conduct Of the
entire system. The discussion was pre-
longed and thorough, and at the close it was
found that the counsel were about evenly
divided in their views on the measure
This result has left the officers in posi-
ton where, if they accept one view, they
will be considered by the holders of other
views as liable to a S. 600 fine, and vice
versa. The general conference of the
trunk lines to decide upon some united
course, will not be held until the bill be-
comes q law.
The Price of Coal Not to BE Advanced.
NEW YORK, January 29th-A. M.-The
coal companies have not as yet made any
advance in prices. The strike has depleted
the stocks OF the city dealers, and for some
weeks the demand upon the companies
will be heavy, but it is hardly supposed
this will cause any change in the price, at
least so say the officers of the companies
The feeling among them is that if the
price should be advanced it might give
credence to the rumor that the strike was
forced upon the men by the companies to
bring about this result.
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CURE FOR FELoN.-An exchange gives
the following That wooden smoke is
cure for a felon, is certainly one of the
medical discoveries of the age. Could we
give the name of the correspondent who
sends us the following, it would be at once
recognized as of authority sufficient to
guarantee the truthfulness of any assertion
to which it might be appended If you
ever endured the agony of felon, you will
appreciate the fact that it can be cured by
wooden smoke Place the woolen rags un-
der an inverted hower-pot and put Goals
upon them, or set them on fire in some
other way; then hold the felon over the
smoke and it will extract all the pain. This
has been done by a friend of mine within
week / assure you that in my circle we
consider it as great discovery as that ether
will temporarily deaden pain"
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CgoP 0UrLooK.-Grain in this neighbor-
hood is growing nicely and looks vigorous
The stand is good Prior to the late rain
summer-fallow was beginning to suffer a
little, but not to any dangerous extent. 1t
is BOW absolutely ceriain, under ordinary
circumstances, to produce an average crop.
Winter-sown, a large production of which
is OF recent seeding, looks more promising
than it generally does so early in the sea
son. The acreage of the latter is greater
than usual. More barley has been sown
than for many years past. We regard the
outlook for big crop very encouraging
With fair prices the season will prove
bonanza. Our judgment in these premises
is based upon that of the most successful
ranchers of the township Gridley Herald |.
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emergency he has only to convene Congress
in extra session. when the sentiment of the
people on this question can be legislatively
expressed, and whatever may be the result
the Democratic party cannot be arraigned
in the next campaign on the charge OF hav-
ing violated their pledges"
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WILD DUCKS are reported as being very
troublesome ON the adobe land north Of
the Buttes and in the vicinity of Butte
creek. They are said to eat the grain off Of
fields during one night. These are worse
pests to the farmer than wild geese. as the
latter generally make their raids in day
Farmer.
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The CITRUS Boon - Speculation runs
high in Oroyille over citrus fruit lands, be-
cause live man from Los Angeles has got
among them and woke mp the people OF
that burg from their Rip Van Wlnkle sleep.
Citrus lands are inlrinsicsllv worth no more
to-day than they were ten years ago, when
they would not sell for $40 an acre yet
everybody now wants to buy at from four
to ten times that rate, and doubtless many
pieces of land will change hands at the IN
creased fgures.-Bigas Argus.
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FouR LITTLE STRAseERs.-Mrs. Beulan-
ger OF Branch county, Mich, two years ago
gave birth to twins, year later she gave
birth TO iriplets, and last Christmas she
presented Mr. Boulanger with four more
little strangers.
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The London press severely censures its
provincial contemporaries for their indorse-
ment of Churcbill's speech. The provincial
press opinion overwhelmingly ipdorses
the principles of financial reform and
" "non-intervention" in European wars es-
poused by Churchill. The daily press of
more important centers of population,
with very few exceptions, take the
view that the resolution of the Gov
ernment to introduce coercion will drive
Chamberlain into Gladstones arms 1t is
certain that it is the present intention of
the Government to take part in the
coercion measure they are about to intro
duce to suppress the Irish National League,
ard cloture rules Will be 60 framed as to
enable the Parnellites to be efectually
gagged. The only fears of the Liberals is
that in the eleventh hour something may
occur to change the Tory programme Of
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Libel Suit Withdrawn.
ADangerous Madman.

SAN LUIS OBrsPo. January 2Stb.-Fears
are entertained that Dougherty. the escaped
lunatic, will kill some one before being
captured. All his family have fled to this
city for protection. Dougherty is heavily
armed and is exceedingly suspicious. A
couple of days since two friends met and
talked with him while. and on leaving
offered their hands to shake good-by. At
this Dougherty jumped back, raising his
repeating rifle upon the men, and saying,
Go away None of that No hand
shaking for me !" Bold and cunning man.
agement will be required to capture hlm
without hurting him. Officers are still
watching him.
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PACIFIC COAST.
4 $4,000 FIRE IN ANDERSON,
SHASTA COUNTY.
The Truci1ee Ice Men Happy-Cold
GUS Madman at Large-Etc.
DISASTROUS FIRE.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-UNIoN.I
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Tho Pope will Take A Hand.

ROME, January 2Sth.-Itis expected that,
as a result of the McGlynn affair, the Pope
will address an encyclical letter to the
Catholics of America on the attitude of
Catholicism toward the rising tide of
democracy